The killer, who the US Airforce said was a former serviceman, was reportedly killed by two local, armed men who engaged gunfire with him before chasing him in their car.

Kelley was reportedly wearing full body armour and a ballistic vest.

Neighbours of an address listed to be Kelley’s said that they heard intense gunfire from the direction of his house in the last few days, according to the Independent.

Ryan Alberts, 16, said:

It’s really loud. At first I thought someone was blasting.

It was someone using automatic weapon fire.

Devin Kelley / Facebook

Two men faced the shooter and have been named as local plumber Stephen Willeford, 55, and Johnnie Langendorff, 27.

Willeford, a neighbour of the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs and a keen biker, ‘grabbed his rifle and engaged the suspect’.

It’s reported Willeford has ‘no military experience’, he was described as having ‘an excellent shot’ and when he came face to face with Kelley, who he shot in between his body armour without hesitation.

Stephen Willeford/Johnnie Langendorff/Facebook

Langendorff was driving home when he changed course to the scene of the shooting where Willeford quickly briefed him and they went in pursuit of Kelley’s vehicle.

Langendorff reported driving at 95mph while on the phone to dispatch while Willeford kept his rifle trained on the gunman’s car. What heroes.

Police report Kelley turned the gun on himself after losing control of his vehicle, writes the Daily Mail.

Despite all these deaths involving guns, Donald Trump has maintained the mass shooting is ‘not a guns situation’.